Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5e023a7337cd5a0d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.1 KB Created: 2021-07-25 15:14:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 15c8e124aa79ca222eee0134314fa167 SHA-1: 5e3e251a80a3092b686941050333fca75a8deb5c SHA-256: 5e023a7337cd5a0d3baad65513b005d03f73389303d751a873c0c67eb37d6f62
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, pointing to numerous URLs hosted on compromised WordPress sites and disposable domains, likely for SEO poisoning or phishing. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of external links suggests the document's primary purpose is to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL https://mytutr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d4f8bf791a856ee64c30d6e7b56f5542/29961648659.pdf
    • http://zeroseistudio.eu/userfiles/files/refepofejidoduwamo.pdf
    • http://ournextfamilyreunion.com/clients/4/49/491fb30de6d8464ca6518fa43aba5bd5/File/19936999040.pdf
    • https://zivotzaokny.eu/res/file/43152210224.pdf
    • https://www.certificagreen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c611ffb1120---xikeniwix.pdf
    • https://holocaustresearch.pl/nowy/photo/file/xiruxosotura.pdf
    • http://drinkandshrink.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aeb9ccaaecc---fexedamukopifikenosunonu.pdf
    • http://banhangcongnghe.com/upload/FCK/file/badomabidusabubu.pdf
    • https://www.marbelitesa.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c364d7311c6---nigebi.pdf
    • http://opalbiosciences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090e56aa3d8e---devokigaguxude.pdf
    • http://admio.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ce716cd9441---95010763667.pdf
    • http://3wsystems.com/shipinc/userfiles/files/kanavokikiliji.pdf
    • https://saftanton.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c7b8c2535fc---neferedef.pdf
    • http://maidnheaven.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608212efa9f0c---wipofu.pdf
    • http://afgventuregroup.com/cfiles/file/84336172164.pdf
    • http://reversetheclocknow.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/piwomotavobuge.pdf
    • http://bud-drog.pl/userfiles/file/23189270485.pdf
    • http://www.goataxiservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b94949cd51b---kowumogobuludaxim.pdf
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094ff625068d.pdf
    • https://kermoulin.com/userfiles/file/84601473851.pdf
    • https://ptkas.com/kingkong/userfiles/files/difere.pdf
    • http://astro2sphere.com/admin/images/file/lobimum.pdf
    • http://aaaexpressac.com/userfiles/file/61435198680.pdf
    • http://rufullthrottle.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160719032de503---34127073313.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=cuanto+es+100+gramos+de+leche+en+mililitros
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000fa7f.bin
345cc51e003c06da3e5d0fc3fdca310c389f736a13110cf9cd9e1843690711be
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA7F 18804 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00012a91.bin
663fff2916238e879fdbd585551c2f9c5127c6813f769b601e9ffd95432b91fe
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A91 11124 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00014430.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14430 16792 bytes